Back pain is a major health issue in Western countries and 60%–80% of adults are likely to experience low back pain.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dynamic soft tissue mobilisation (STM) on hamstring flexibility in healthy male subjects.

Physical activity or physiotherapy session is a very effective prevention against 35 important diseases:

Lietuvos vaikų (11-18 metų) fizinis parengtumas nuo 1992 iki 2012 metų sumažėjo reikšmingai, nors kūno svoris padidėjo (buvo ištirti 16 1999 moksleiviai).
Tyrimo rezultatai ragina susirūpinti Lietuvos moksleivių fizinės sveikatos kitimo neigiamomis tendencijomis. (prof. A.Skurvydas)

Exercise represents a major challenge to whole-body homeostasis provoking widespread perturbations in numerous cells, tissues, and organs that are caused by or are a response to the increased metabolic activity of contracting skeletal muscles. To meet this challenge, multiple integrated and often redundant responses operate to blunt the homeostatic threats generated by exerciseinduced increases in muscle energy and oxygen demand. The application of molecular techniques to exercise biology has provided greater understanding of the multiplicity and complexity of cellular networks involved in exercise responses, and recent discoveries offer perspectives on the mechanisms by which muscle ‘‘communicates’’ with other organs and mediates the beneficial effects of exercise on health and performance.

Physical activity during pregnancy is known to have a positive effect on both the mother and the fetus/newborn, as long as there are no specific contraindications relating to maternal pathology.

The prevalence of all pregnancies with some form of hypertension can be up to 10%, with the rates of diagnosis varying according to the country and population studied and the criteria used to establish the diagnosis.